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This morning, officials announced that New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear plant <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/sandy-causes-nuclear-plants-to-shut-down-cope-with-high-water-no-emergencies-reported/2012/10/30/67466b70-22f2-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html">is no longer on alert</a>. The alert was brought on by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-jersey-oyster-creek-nuclear-power-plant-on-alert-after-hurricane-sandy/">quickly rising water levels</a>, which posed a danger to the plant’s cooling equipment. Oyster Creek wasn't the only nuclear plant to be affected by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/hurricane-sandy/">Hurricane Sandy</a>; three other rectors in New Jersey and Upstate New York were also forced offline by the storm....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/hurricane-sandy-highlights-the-dangers-of-nuclear-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Oyster creek plant

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This morning, officials announced that New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear plant <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/sandy-causes-nuclear-plants-to-shut-down-cope-with-high-water-no-emergencies-reported/2012/10/30/67466b70-22f2-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html">is no longer on alert</a>. The alert was brought on by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-jersey-oyster-creek-nuclear-power-plant-on-alert-after-hurricane-sandy/">quickly rising water levels</a>, which posed a danger to the plant’s cooling equipment. Oyster Creek wasn't the only nuclear plant to be affected by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/hurricane-sandy/">Hurricane Sandy</a>; three other rectors in New Jersey and Upstate New York were also forced offline by the storm....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/hurricane-sandy-highlights-the-dangers-of-nuclear-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Nuclear plant

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This morning, officials announced that New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear plant <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/sandy-causes-nuclear-plants-to-shut-down-cope-with-high-water-no-emergencies-reported/2012/10/30/67466b70-22f2-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html">is no longer on alert</a>. The alert was brought on by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-jersey-oyster-creek-nuclear-power-plant-on-alert-after-hurricane-sandy/">quickly rising water levels</a>, which posed a danger to the plant’s cooling equipment. Oyster Creek wasn't the only nuclear plant to be affected by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/hurricane-sandy/">Hurricane Sandy</a>; three other rectors in New Jersey and Upstate New York were also forced offline by the storm....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/hurricane-sandy-highlights-the-dangers-of-nuclear-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Nuclear plant with storm clouds

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This morning, officials announced that New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear plant is no longer on alert. The alert was brought on by quickly rising water levels, which posed a danger to the plant’s cooling equipment. Oyster Creek wasn't the only nuclear plant to be affected by Hurricane Sandy; three other rectors in New Jersey and Upstate New York were also forced offline by the storm....